"Architecture of Downtown Troy" Wins Award
Society of Architectural Historians Announces 2021 Award Winners
The Architecture of Downtown Troy: An Illustrated History by Diana S. Waite (Hardcover)
Located about 150 miles north of Manhattan, on the east bank of the Hudson River, the city of Troy, New York, was once an industrial giant. It led the nation in iron production throughout much of the 19th century, and its factories turned out bells and cast-iron stoves that were sold the world over. Its population was both enterprising and civic-minded.
This book tells the stories behind the many handsome and significant buildings in downtown Troy and how they were designed and constructed - stories that have never been pulled together before. For the first time in generations, scores of Troy buildings are again linked with their architects, some local but others from out of town (the “starchitects” of their day) and even from Europe. In addition to numerous historic images, the book also includes contemporary photographs by local photography Gary Gold. This book will inform, delight, and surprise readers, thereby helping to build an educated constituency for the preservation of an important American city.
The Society of Architectural Historians announced the 2021 recipients of the SAH Publication Awards, which honor excellence in architectural history, urban history, landscape history and historic preservation scholarship as well as architectural exhibition catalogues.
Diana Waite’s The Architecture of Downtown Troy: An Illustrated History was awarded the Antoinette Forrester Downing Book Award. Named for Antoinette Forrester Downing, this award recognizes excellence in a published work devoted to historical topics in preservation and honors her scholarship and recognition of the value of local inventories and surveys.
Join us in congratulating Diana Waite on her latest award for The Architecture of Downtown Troy!
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